Eugenic States: A Contextual ArchiveMain MenuIntroductionCritical Themes in the History of EugenicsEugenic Practices in California, Iowa, and North CarolinaWhat We Can Say with DataAcknowledgementsGianna May Sanchez52f70e8243b469d8015c7550a8cc718bc4460376Jacqueline D. Wernimont74f0121b4969a68798926bffef58ce29410a6b81Alexandra Minna Stern890e264c2ef7645d038bfeae8ec718e694c9c9ee
Forced Sterilizations
12025-10-01T19:37:23+00:00John Bell95368f97d82dceffed8038b36e9c51da6c29afe331A newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Examiner about coercive sterilization in California, dated March 19, 1935.plain2025-10-01T19:37:23+00:00“‘Forced’ Sterilizations.” San Francisco Examiner. 19 March 1935.California1935EnglishCaliforniaExaminer Staff1935NewspaperSan Francisco ExaminerFair UseThe San Francisco ExaminerJohn Bell95368f97d82dceffed8038b36e9c51da6c29afe3
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12025-10-01T19:37:23+00:00John Bell95368f97d82dceffed8038b36e9c51da6c29afe3Forced Sterilizations TranscriptJohn Bell1Transcript of a newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Examiner about coercive sterilization in California, dated March 19, 1935.plain2025-10-01T19:37:23+00:00John Bell95368f97d82dceffed8038b36e9c51da6c29afe3
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12025-10-01T19:37:18+00:00John Bell95368f97d82dceffed8038b36e9c51da6c29afe3Forced Sterilizations Image1A image from a newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Examiner about coercive sterilization in California, dated March 19, 1935. Photograph under heading depicts two children on tricycles. The caption reads: “Mother Tells Story — Here are Kathleen and John, only children of Mrs. Theresa Sweeney of Contra Costa County. Mrs. Sweeney yesterday declared relief director tried to force her to submit to a sterilization operation. When she went to the county hospital for a minor operation, Mrs. Sweeney said, she believes the sterilization took place.” — Examiner Staff Photoplain2025-10-01T19:37:18+00:00“‘Forced’ Sterilizations.” San Francisco Examiner. 19 March 1935.California1935EnglishCaliforniaExaminer Staff1935NewspaperSan Francisco ExaminerFair UseEdited, transcribed, and compressed for online display, March 2021San Francisco ExaminerJohn Bell95368f97d82dceffed8038b36e9c51da6c29afe3
